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British Style Genius - The Street Look - Part 1

Posted by contrastshop on February 28th, 2009 under fashion, street wear
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This piece of fashion history from BBC Two is important, educational as well as pleasurable and interesting.
British Style Genius takes a fascinating journey to what makes British fashion and style so distinctive, unique – and so influential.
So lay back and learn about the roots behind today’s street fashion and urban wear.

Pet’s apparel!

Posted by contrastshop on February 22nd, 2009 under Admin, Photos, Sales, Videos, fashion, street wear
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Would it surprise you to know that pets have special designers too? Of course not.
Streetwear is not only for people, for example http://www.chiwowwow.com dedicates their entire catalogue for dogs, well not just dogs but very cool and fashionable dogs! You can find on their collection T-shirts, jackets, sweatshirts, sweaters, hoodies and more, all designed with [...]

The right streetwear accessories

Posted by contrastshop on February 16th, 2009 under accessories, fashion
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In order to complete your streetwear look there are numerous items which can help you: Hats, belts, bags, jewelry, scarves, watches and yes, even wallets!
These items may seem insignificant but let me assure you, those little things make all the difference.
http://sqheads.com presents a nice variety of accessories that will give you the right touch and [...]

Adidas Superstar 35th Anniversary Music Series

Posted by contrastshop on January 28th, 2009 under fashion
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Ian brown, the lead singer of the Stone Roses during the late 80’s and 90’s, nowadays with a glorious solo career, a very cool person and a personal hero of mine definitely knows about streetwear. For the 35th anniversary of Adidas he was asked to design a unique pair of vintage model for Adidas as [...]

Check out SmartGeezer !

Posted by contrastshop on January 26th, 2009 under fashion
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Today I found a great site which recommends among others some very unusual and unique items.
This time SmartGeezer recommends Marc Ecko Star Wars Stormtrooper Hoody ! only after seeing the picture of it you’ll get the idea! A real avant garde item to my taste! Hope you’ll love it too.
The SmartGezzer blog is very fashionable, [...]

Streetwear - The Book - by Steven Vogel

Posted by contrastshop on January 20th, 2009 under fashion
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What is streetwear? Is it a way of life? A way of dressing?  A state of mind? Contrast believes in all of the above!
Steven Vogel wrote this very cool book about street and urban wear, collecting opinions and taking photos of friends and people from the street trying to understand the streetwear phenomenon.
Vogel chose not [...]

Japanese Street Fashion

Posted by contrastshop on January 18th, 2009 under fashion
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Hi again!
Contrast is always checking street wear and urban fashion around the world!
So, today I’m sharing with you trends from Japan, and the best way to do that is checking the people on the street of course!
Check out the T-shirts, hoodies and coats- what can I say…cool!